Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index The National Park Act of the Republic of China was passed in l972 to protect the nature, wildlife, and history. There are six national parks in ROC: Kenting National Park, the oldest; the southernmost Yushan National Park, the largest; central Yangmingshan National Park, the smallest on Taiwan; has a volcanic landform; the northernmost Taroko National Park: marble gorge, east Shei-Pa National Park: brook masu salmon (Oncorhychus masou formosanum); on east coast Kinmen National Park: historical battle-fields; only one not on Taiwan The total area of these six national parks is more than 239,407,000 hectares (about 227,336 acres), approximately 8.43 percent of Taiwan's total area. External links Official site This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.